• Game one was a near-perfect game. Slight underdogs heading into Miami to face Giannis, the Wolves won by 25. They led by more than that before benches were emptied. Nearly everything went as we hoped. A few first impressions and…

  • Another season begins on Wednesday night at Miami, so let’s get into it. Tim Connelly did what Tim Connelly does, which is remake the non-fringe part of his roster, with the players and at the time that nobody expects. Win…

  • Let’s just start off by acknowledging the mad scientist that is Tim Connelly. A couple months ago it seemed like the Wolves were mostly locked into a version of their roster that was good, but not good enough, and would…

  • Let’s back up a couple months for a moment; back to just before the playoffs began. The Wolves slid into the postseason with their second consecutive 49-win total, and their second consecutive 6 seed in the Western Conference. They were…

  • One of the great things about basketball is the tension between the potential impact of a great individual player, and the fundamental reality that each team gets to play five at a time, meaning that it’s really the sum of…

  • Every NBA fan views the game through his own lens, and organizes the experience to her own preferences and desires. Some have season tickets and attend the actual event; some subscribe to League Pass and watch as much ball as…

  • We’re just past the halfway point of the ’25-26 season, 43 games in. At the literal halfway point the Wolves boasted an impressive 27-14 record, pacing for 54 wins. That end point would leave them 4.5 wins beyond their preseason…

  • The headline narrative surrounding the Timberwolves is that they have piled up a bunch of wins versus weak opposition, but struggled against good teams. Against a relatively soft early-season schedule, the Wolves are now 15-8 after beating the LA Clippers…

  • The Wolves devastating collapse at Phoenix on Friday night was both a new type of 2025-26 Timberwolves performance, and also one that fits the early-season pattern. It was new because, for the first time all season, they did not either…

  • The Wolves played four times since last week’s post, and trends and themes largely continued. Facing bad teams like the Kings and Jazz, the Wolves rolled. They won a road back-to-back on Sunday and Monday, blowing out Douglas Dale Christie’s…